Description
| Product ID: | 9780099286431 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress |
| Authors: | Author: Dai Sijie |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Two sons of doctors, sent to 're-education' camps, forced to carry buckets of excrement up and down mountain paths, have only their sense of humour to keep them going. And not only their lives: after listening to the stories of Balzac, the little seamstress will never be the same again. 1971: Mao''s cultural Revolution is at its peak. Two sons of doctors, sent to ''re-education'' camps, forced to carry buckets of excrement up and down mountain paths, have only their sense of humour to keep them going. Although the attractive daughter of the local tailor also helps to distract them from the task at hand. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-03-07 |
